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Title
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Bubonic plague collection -- Port Elizabeth in 1938
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Description
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This collection is a specialised photographic and archival set held by the Cory Library for Humanities Research. It documents a critical public health event in South African history: the 1938 outbreak of bubonic plague in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha).
This collection provides a visual and record-based account of the anti-plague measures and the socio-spatial impact of the 1938 outbreak, particularly affecting the Black and Coloured communities.
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Date Issued
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1938
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Language
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English
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Provenance
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Materials curated by the Cory Library as part of their regional historical archives
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Type
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Collection
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Subject
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Bubonic plague -- South Africa -- Port Elizabeth -- 1938
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Public health -- South Africa -- History
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Urban health
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Epidemics
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Spatial Coverage
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Port Elizabeth (Gqeberha), Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Format
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Digitized photographic prints